HC Deb 28 March 2003 vol 402 cc442-3W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many instances of work-related violence there were in(a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) North East and (d) UK in each year since 1997. [103561]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The number of instances of work-related violence reported to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities under the Reporting of Injuries, Dangerous Diseases and Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 for South Tyneside, the North East and Great Britain, since 1997 is set out as follows. Figures are not available for Jarrow as the constituency is not identifiable in HSE and local authority systems.

Location/year Fatal Major Over three days1 Total
North East
1996–97 21 115 136
1997–98 21 103 124
1998–99 18 157 175
1999–2000 33 213 246
2000–01 40 209 249
2001–022 37 218 255
South Tyneside
1996–97 2 6 8
1997–98 4 4 8
1998–99 1 8 9
1999–2000 2 10 12
2000–01 3 4 7
2001–022 7 7
Great Britain
1996–97 2 712 4,131 4,845
1997–98 682 4,422 5,104
1998–99 1 644 4,662 5,307
1999–2000 719 5,333 6,052
2000–01 3 823 5,635 6,461
2001–022 4 779 5,116 5,899
1 These incidents result in an absence from work of more than three days
2 Provisional

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